Savik Shuster

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Savik Shuster
Савік Шустер
Lithuanian SSR
, Soviet Union
OccupationJournalist

Savik Shuster (Russian: Савик Шустер; Ukrainian: Савік Шустер; born Ševelis Šusteris; November 22, 1952) is a journalist and television anchor. He presented The Freedom By Savik Shuster,[1] and starting in 2005, Svoboda slova,[2] on ICTV. Since December 2015, he produces and leads political talk shows on his independent 3S.tv, after he has been cancelled from several tycoon-owned channels.[3] In December 2016, 3S.tv announced it had ceased its activities, and on 1 March 2017, the channel stopped broadcasting. According to an official statement, the reason was that the business was no longer viable due to several litigations and corresponding financial constraints.[3] All court cases were subsequently closed. In 2019, Shuster came back to Ukraine as the anchor of Svoboda slova Savika Shustera on the Ukraina television channel.[4]

From 2001 to 2004, Shuster presented talk shows on the Russian channel NTV.[5]

Shuster holds Canadian and Italian citizenships.[2][6]

Biography

Born in Vilnius (then former part of the

Newsweek magazine's Asia editor and was offered a chance to write a few articles for them. Shortly after Shuster started to write for French newspaper Libération and the Italian magazine Frigidaire.[7]

Addition: Savik Shuster studied at the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry since 1972. group NHS-72-4 He stopped his studies in 1973, and emigrated to Canada with his parents after.

Career in Russia

From 1988 (when he didn't speak Russian often

Soviet era "in Kiev it was a dream to get to Moscow, but now Putin's politics is killing a lot of creativity, and Moscow is becoming less attractive for Ukrainians".[9]

Career in Ukraine

Since 2005 Shuster has been working in Ukraine. According to Shuster, at first he had no plans to work in Ukraine but changed his mind shortly after a 2005 visit to a friend,

TV-channel "Ukraina" made a three-year contract with this studio for broadcasting the social-political talk show "Shuster Live".[5] In July 2009 Shuster broke ties with the production company, which was renamed to Istil Studios.[10] According to Shuster, in 2008, "When our program is on the air, it is watched on every third TV set in the country".[8] "Ukraina" saw a sudden boost in popularity ratings after the start of Shuster's political talk show in September 2008.[11]

In September 2009 Shuster claimed "unknown people" tried to sabotage the airing of his program "Shuster Live".[12]

May 21, 2010 deputy head of the

Administration of Ukraine Hanna Herman stated the wish that Ukraine's most popular political talks shows would be anchored only by Ukrainian journalists, "We are still victims to that imperial complex that 'everything coming from Moscow is good, everything Ukrainian is bad'".[2]

In January 2011 all Shuster programs moved to

Pershyi Natsionalnyi.[13] Meanwhile, the number of viewers of his show had dropped from 1 million in 2006 to 600,000 people in 2011.[14]

Since February 2013 "Shuster Live" was again aired on Inter TV.

1+1.[18] But that channel cancelled the show and starting in December 2015 the show was aired on Shuster's own independent 3S.tv.[3] In December 2016 3S.tv went bankrupt and on 1 March 2017 the channel stopped broadcasting.[3]

Shuster was for 2+1⁄2 years absent from TV, until in September 2020 returned with the comeback episode of his talk show, "Freedom of Speech", on

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20] Since then, the program has no longer been aired.[20][21]

Language of presenting

Shuster presents his (Ukrainian) programs in Russian. According to him, he "was allowed to do it because he was not ethnic Russian and everyone understood the language. But at first, on Ukrainian TV, Russian-speaking TV host was a phenomenon. Now the issue of the language is not a burning issue, there were other problems".[8]

Political views

Shuster considered himself to be a liberal.[8] In a 2008 interview with Novaya Gazeta Shuster said he would be interested in hosting debates between presidential contenders in Russia.

"However, I'm afraid I wouldn't be invited as they need exactly those who play up, and that's a kind of censorship. This allowed Putin to refuse participation in the debates at all. Here [in Ukraine] such a thing is just impossible. Those who refuse taking part in debates, they lose at once. When I had the live air on NTV, United Russia tried to boycott it realizing their public competitiveness is not high and actually they don't have many arguments. Then, though, they began to visit it again, as they had to. And now, with the absence of the live air, they all became 'masters'".[8]

The Jamestown Foundation considers Shuster "a Yulia Tymoshenko sympathizer".[22] In a 2009 interview with the Financial Times Shuster does not believe a revival of Russian democracy will happen: "If there is a political transformation in Russia, it will not be towards democracy. They have lost the foundation for a democratic transformation. They have decided to build power by looking for supporters among the intolerant. I think a fascist dictatorship is more likely than Nemtsov or Kasparov or Kasyanov coming to power".[9]

Family

Shuster is currently married to Olga Nevskaya (second wife).[23][24] His first wife was Italian. She and his family continued to live in Florence (Italy) during his career in Russia and Ukraine.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ganapolskiy, Matvei. "All show, no go, on 'Shuster Live'". Kyiv Post. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Herman wants anchorman Savik Shuster replaced by Ukrainian, Z I K (May 21, 2010)
  3. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (3 March 2017)
  4. ^ Savik Shuster returns as TV host after exile
  5. ^
    Ukraina
  6. ^ Television Star Savik Shuster, Ukrainians.Ca (December 22, 2008)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i It's All About Freedom of Speech for Shuster, The St. Petersburg Times (December 10, 2002)
  8. ^ a b c d e f Savik Shuster: I'm the only thing to remain after the "orange revolution” Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Novaya Gazeta (February 2, 2008)
  9. ^ a b c Russia's free media find a haven in Ukraine, Financial Times (July 11, 2009)
  10. ^ Kommersant: Savik Shuster broke relations with its production studios, writersrepresent.com (July 14, 2009)
  11. ^ Shuster proves popular on new channel, show, Kyiv Post (September 10, 2008)
  12. ^ Shuster fell victim to neo terrorism, MIGnews.com.ua (September 15, 2009)
  13. ^ Shuster projects to be broadcast on First National TV Channel in 2011, Kyiv Post (27 December 2010)
  14. ^ Tuning Out, Kyiv Post (18 November 2011)
  15. ^ Shuster back at Inter channel, Kyiv Post (19 February 2013)
  16. ^ Live updates of the protests (Pro-government channel blocks talk show with opposition leaders; Nov. 29, 9:30 p.m.), Kyiv Post (29 November 2013)
  17. ^ First National Channel refuses renewal of contract with Savik Shuster Studio in 2015, Interfax-Ukraine (16 December 2014)
  18. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (14 September 2015)
  19. ^ "Savik Shuster returns as TV host after exile | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". September 13, 2019.
  20. ^ a b (in Russian) Plays in silence? Where did Savik Schuster go, Glavcom [uk] (8 June 2022)
  21. ^ (in Russian) Where Savik Schuster went after the outbreak of war and where he celebrated New Year, 24 Kanal (27 January 2023)
  22. The Jamestown Foundation (October 1, 2009 ) Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  23. Табло ID
    (March 4, 2009)
  24. ^ (in Russian) Ольга Невская: «В ночь после знакомства Шустер читал мне книгу по истории», Shuster Live (March 20, 2009)

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